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the opinion that Marcus was the best collie he ever saw. We do not believe 
he ever said any such thing, for Marcus was nothing so very wonderful. 
We judged him at Pittsburg in 1882 and gave him first, but he had nothing 
to beat, and at New York he had no opposition in the champion class. 
There was a good sable at this show, the best collie in the country up to that 
time—Mr. Van Schaick’s Guido. He was.a little timid about throwing 
his ears forward, but he would do so now and again. Guido was the first 
dog in this country that showed quality. Mr. John W. Burgess, who 
was for a year or two very prominent at New York shows, bought Guido. 
a year later for the very moderate sum of $150, after he had defeated Marcus 
at the Washington Show of 1883. Guido sired very few puppies, but Marcus, 
left quite a number, and almost every one of them was lop eared. ‘You 
could pick out the Marcus puppies as soon as you saw those ears. There 
was one good one, however, and that was Zulu Princess, a bitch bred i in 
England by the Rev. Hans F.Hamilton out of that grand bitch Ruby IIL., to 
whom she undoubtedly owed her good looks, as she, was the only good one 
by Marcus ever in this country. _Mr..Thomas H. Terry owned her, and 
he had also bought the best of Mr. Apgar’s and Doctor Downey’s kennels, 
to which he also added Robin Adair and a-beautiful-headed sister to the 
great Charlemagne, named Effie. We judged at New York when Effie was 
first shown, but she was shown outrageously. fat, otherwise she could not 
have been beaten. Robin Adair won many prizes, but, he was far from 
beirig a good dog, and after he had been shown at Washington he cast his 
coat and never got a top coat again. He should not have beaten Guido or 
Rex as he did that year at New York. He was largely bred to, but got 
nothing of any merit, and to most of them he gave his yellow eye. Mr. Van 
Schaick, through his son-in-law, Mr. Dockrill, of ‘London, continued to 
get well-bred dogs from time to time, but not quite good enough to win. 
They were therefore neglected by breeders, though such dogs as Darnley, 
a dog close up to the prepotent Duncan-Bess cross, and Sable by Charle- 
magne out of Minx, ought to have produced far better collies. than Robin 
Adair, Rex or the pedigreeless Marcus. It is easier, however, to look 
back and ‘say what might and should have been done than it was to 
decide at:the time, a 
: It-was at this period that Charlemagne’ Ss great son, Eclipse, was having 
ich a:successful career in England and siring so many good puppies, and 
of course our importers followed. along the winning line. The first. to’arrive 
